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two to three thousand pounds. Its rounded head, 

 heavy muzzle, thickly set with stout bristles, 

 small, round blood-shot eyes, and formidable tusks, 

 give to this animal a ferocious appearance which is 



walrus will yield from five to six hundred pounds of 

 blubber, the oil from which, however, is not so fine 

 as that of the Seal. The ivory tusks were formerly 

 much used by dentists ; at present, I believe, owing 



Fig. 2, The "Sea-Horse," or Walrus, from Cook's "Voyage to the Pacific," 1784 ed., vol. ii., page 446. 



Fig. 3. Vacca marina, Gesuer ; Addenda, page 369. 1560 (reduced). 



foreign to its nature, except when greatly excited or 

 at pairing time, when the old bulls are said to fight 

 ■with great fierceness and determination. A full-grown 



to the introduction of vulcanite, very little is applied 

 to that purpose. Mr. Lament mentions 24 in. in 

 length and 4 lb. each in weight, as the size of a good 



